Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri

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Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri

The Basilica of St. Mary of the Angels and the Martyrs is a titular basilica church in the Piazza della Repubblica.

Pope Clement XI commissioned the astronomer, mathematician Francesco Bianchini to build a meridian line, a sort of sundial, within the basilica. Completed in 1702, the object had a threefold purpose: the pope wanted to check the accuracy of the Gregorian reformation of the calendar, to produce a tool to predict Easter exactly, and, not least, to give Rome a meridian line as important as the one Giovanni Domenico Cassini had recently built in Bologna's cathedral, San Petronio ( read more )

Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri address   (   Show map )

Piazza della Repubblica. Rome.Lazio. Italy.

How to get to Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri ?

Subway: LA- Repubblica

Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri schedule

Monday: 7:00 AM – 7:30 PM
Tuesday: 7:00 AM – 7:30 PM
Wednesday: 7:00 AM – 7:30 PM
Thursday: 7:00 AM – 7:30 PM
Friday: 7:00 AM – 7:30 PM
Saturday: 7:00 AM – 7:30 PM
Sunday: 7:00 AM – 7:30 PM

How to contact ?

  +39 06 488 0812

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